What is the small decision you made in your life that ended up having a big impact on it?
Greetings friends from @Silverbloguer, followers of the Memory project. Today writing about the theme of week 4, when week 5 has just come out, definitely my attention has been a little scattered, and I confused the theme of this week that culminates. The truth is that it didn't fall badly, as I really enjoyed writing about my childhood and adolescence, part of my history that is full of good memories.
I join the theme of week 4 with delay and with much enthusiasm, since bringing to my memory decisions that determined the path of life I took, always causes me amazement, because things could have been different, and I am sure not better, so my dear girls (granddaughters) today I share with you a not so small decision that changed my course.
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When I was sixteen years old, I finished high school, the level of education that gives you the credentials to enter university. I believe that at that age we are still too young to decide what career we want to follow, especially if we take into account that when you choose a career you are supposed to spend between 25 and 30 years doing the same job.
That is why when you were in the third year of elementary school, at that time, the high schools applied vocational tests, with them the counselor advised you or suggested that you should follow: the area of science, the humanities and a third option that lasted three years and you graduated as a baccalaureate teacher (teacher). My results showed that my forte was in the humanities and the best option would be to study to become a teacher.
I refused, I didn't want to be a teacher, and as a child I loved to play at being the teacher of my sisters and friends. What I was clear about was that my place was in the humanities, so that's where I went.
When I was in fifth grade the vocational tests gave the same result again, teaching was my path, however I did not accept it. I had decided that I wanted to study Industrial Relations, I imagined myself working in a company and not in a school. But there was a small detail, in the city where I live, they did not give that career, they gave it in another nearby city and my mother could not afford the expenses that this would generate.
So I decided to enter the pedagogical school (to study the teaching career) and look for a job to raise some money and then pay the expenses of living and studying away from home. While I was in my third semester at the pedagogical school, a technological university institute opened a career in Industrial Relations in my city. Immediately, I left the pedagogical school and enrolled in the technological one, it was paid, but since I was already working in a school as a teacher, I could pay for it without any problem.
Between study and work, time went by, when I had to do my internship, which was a requirement for graduation, I managed to enter one of the largest and most recognized companies in Venezuela.
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There I met the man who would become my first husband, we fell in love, decided to get married and had a beautiful baby and soon after we divorced (I will tell you about this at some point). The truth is that when I had Marco, my world and my expectations changed, I was no longer interested in working in a company, I simply could not imagine working all day long in a company and seeing my child at night.
Usually, one decision leads to another. I kept my degree and decided to go into teaching. When Marco was about four years old I made another important decision, to resume my studies in pedagogy, with the years I had been working as a teacher I had discovered my vocation, I loved what I did, I loved teaching, learning and giving opportunities to children for a school experience of friendly learning that led them to want to learn.
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I worked thirty-five years as a primary school teacher and ten parallel years at university level. Today, now retired, I confirm that it was a good decision, because the career gave me many satisfactions and some disappointments, while allowing me to develop professionally and open myself to other areas of knowledge that I currently develop with great skill and ability.
With this decision, I not only found my professional path, but also a very special man with whom I have shared thirty-five years of life as a couple, my grandfather, who was my teacher as soon as I started in the pedagogical field. There will be an opportunity to talk about this experience.
For now, what I want to emphasize is that when we make decisions we open the floodgate of a series of chained events, so it is important to stop and evaluate what we want in our life and what is best for us to be and feel good.
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驴Cu谩l es la peque帽a decisi贸n que tomaste en tu vida que acab贸 teniendo un gran impacto en ella?
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Me uno al tema de la semana 4 con retraso y con mucho entusiasmo, ya que traer a mi memoria decisiones que determinaron el camino de vida que tom茅, siempre me causa asombro, pues las cosas pudiesen haber sido distintas y estoy segura que no mejores, as铆 que mis queridas ni帽as (nietas) hoy les comparto una no tan peque帽a decisi贸n que cambi贸 mi rumbo.
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Cuando ten铆a diecis茅is a帽os termin茅 el bachillerato, el nivel educativo que te acredita para ingresar a la universidad. Considero que a esa edad a煤n somos muy j贸venes para decidir que carrera queremos seguir, sobre todo si tomamos en cuenta que cuando eliges una carrera se supone que vas a pasar entre 25 y 30 a帽os realizando la misma labor.
Es por ello que cuando estabas cursando tercer a帽o de educaci贸n b谩sica, en aquel tiempo, aplicaban en los liceos las pruebas vocacionales, con ellas el orientador te aconsejaba o suger铆a que menci贸n te conven铆a seguir: el 谩rea de las ciencias, el de las humanidades y una tercera opci贸n que duraba tres a帽os y egresabas como bachiller docente (maestra). Mis resultados dieron que mi fuerte estaba en humanidades y el m谩s atinado ser铆a estudiar para maestra.
隆Me negu茅, no quer铆a ser maestra!, y eso que de ni帽a me encantaba jugar a ser la maestra de mis hermanas y amiguitos. En lo que si estaba clara era que mi lugar se encontraba en el 谩rea human铆stica, as铆 que por all铆 me fui.
Cuando estaba en quinto a帽o las pruebas vocacionales volvieron a dar el mismo resultado, la docencia era mi camino, sin embargo no lo acept茅. Hab铆a decidido que quer铆a estudiar Relaciones Industriales, me imaginaba trabajando en una empresa y no en una escuela. Pero hab铆a un peque帽o detalle, en la ciudad donde vivo, no daban esa carrera, la daban en otra ciudad cercana y mi mam谩 no pod铆a costear los gastos que eso generar铆a.
Entonces decid铆, ingresar al pedag贸gico, (estudiar la carrera docente) y buscar un trabajo para reunir algo de dinero y luego pagar los gastos de vivir y estudiar fuera de casa. Estando en el tercer semestre en el pedag贸gico, un Instituto Universitario tecnol贸gico, abri贸 la carrera de Relaciones Industriales en mi ciudad. Inmediatamente, dej茅 el pedag贸gico y me inscrib铆 en el tecnol贸gico, era pago, pero como ya trabajaba en una escuela como maestra, pod铆a pagarlo sin problema.
Entre estudio y trabajo, iba pasando el tiempo, cuando me correspondi贸 hacer las pasant铆as, que era un requisito para graduarme, logr茅 entrar a una de las empresas m谩s grandes y reconocidas de Venezuela.
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All铆 conoc铆 al que ser铆a mi primer esposo, nos enamoramos, decidimos casarnos y tuvimos un hermoso beb茅 y al poco tiempo nos divorciamos (ya en alguna oportunidad les contar茅 sobre esto). Lo cierto es que al tener a Marco, mi mundo y mis expectativas cambiaron, ya no me interesaba trabajar en una empresa, sencillamente, no me pude imaginar laborando todo el santo d铆a en una empresa y viendo a mi ni帽o por las noches.
Por lo general, una decisi贸n lleva a otra. Guard茅 el t铆tulo obtenido y me decid铆 por la labor docente. Cuando Marco ten铆a como cuatro a帽os tom茅 otra decisi贸n importante, reanudar mis estudios en el pedag贸gico, con los a帽os que llevaba trabajando como maestra hab铆a descubierto mi vocaci贸n, amaba lo que hac铆a, me encantaba ense帽ar, aprender y darle oportunidades a los ni帽os para una vivencia escolar de aprendizaje amable que los llevase a querer aprender.
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Trabaj茅 treinta y cinco a帽os como decente de primaria y diez paralelos a nivel universitario. Hoy, ya jubilada, confirmo que fue una buena decisi贸n, pues la carrera me dio muchas satisfacciones y algunos sinsabores, al tiempo que me permiti贸 desarrollarme profesionalmente y abrirme a otros espacios de conocimiento que en la actualidad desarrollo con gran destreza y habilidad.
Con esta decisi贸n, no solo encontr茅 mi camino profesional, sino tambi茅n a un hombre muy especial con los que he compartido treinta y cinco a帽os de vida en pareja, el abuelo, quien fue mi profesor apenas comenc茅 en el pedag贸gico. Ya habr谩 oportunidad para hablar de esta vivencia.
Por lo pronto, lo que deseo resaltar es que al tomar decisiones abrimos la compuerta de una serie de eventos encadenados, por lo que es importante detenerse a evaluar lo que queremos en nuestra vida y lo que m谩s nos conviene para estar y sentirnos bien.
Esta es mi participaci贸n a la invitaci贸n que nos hace
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